The theme of this study is the dynamic that drives the development of Community policy, its further development into Community law on the environment and its final realization - through transposition - in the national law of each member state.

The development of law and policy; Structures for policy implementation and enforcement; Policy, principle and law; The role of the courts; Policy priorities and the law; Economic instruments, law and policy; Modes of environmental control; Developing law and policy for pollution control; Developing law and policy for amenity control; Case study.